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Pua Kealoha

1902 - 1989

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Pua Kele Kealoha (November 14, 1902 – August 29, 1989) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He was not related to Olympic swimming champion Warren Kealoha. Kealoha represented the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium as a 17-year-old. He won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay with teammates Perry McGillivray, Norman Ross and Duke Kahanamoku. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pua Kealoha is the 135th most popular swimmer (up from 142nd in 2019), the 9,395th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,787th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Pua Kealoha ranks 135 out of 709. Before him are Brenda Helser, Vladimir Salnikov, Jean Taris, Belle Moore, Maria Vierdag, and Max Schöne. After him are Hideko Maehata, Harry Hebner, György Mitró, Cecil Healy, Warren Kealoha, and Clare Dennis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Pua Kealoha ranks 291. Before him are Leonid Trauberg, Ross Taylor, Koloman Sokol, Brian Aherne, Moe Berg, and Fred Tootell. After him are Leo Losert, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Maria Polydouri, Russinho, Beryl Markham, and Mary Philbin. Among people deceased in 1989, Pua Kealoha ranks 259. Before him are Hilda Strike, Richard Rado, Fred Agabashian, C. L. R. James, Scott O'Dell, and Bas Paauwe. After him are Hu Die, Imre Hódos, Ansa Ikonen, Ursula Knab, Edward Abbey, and Georgy Tovstonogov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pua Kealoha ranks 9,397 out of 20,380. Before him are Lisa De Leeuw (1958), Brooke Burke (1971), Alan Crosland (1894), Kesha (1987), Verna Felton (1890), and Charles Bassett (1931). After him are Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Marguerite Clark (1883), Bill O'Reilly (1949), Mike Mills (1958), Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), and Shirley Ann Jackson (1946).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Pua Kealoha ranks 60. Before him are Claudia Kolb (1949), Frances Schroth (1893), Lance Larson (1940), Adolph Kiefer (1918), Cathy Ferguson (1948), and Brenda Helser (1924). After him are Harry Hebner (1891), Warren Kealoha (1903), Carl Robie (1945), Sharon Stouder (1948), Jim Montgomery (1955), and Eleanor Garatti (1909).

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